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- California will require all passenger vehicles sold in the state be zero-emission by 2035 Thu, 24 Sep 20, 5:33amCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Wednesday requiring sales of all new passenger vehicles be zero-emission by 2035. The new order would be a huge boost for electric vehicles, and vehicles using...
- Future Teslas will have batteries that double as structure, making them extra stiff while improving efficiency, safety and cost Wed, 23 Sep 20, 8:52amTesla has fundamentally redesigned the way that its battery packs integrate into their vehicles, turning them into structural elements of the car, rather than just fuel sources on their own...
- Tesla says its battery innovations will deliver its goal of a $25,000 mass market electric car Wed, 23 Sep 20, 9:06amTesla held its Battery Day event on Tuesday to discuss a variety of innovations it has developed and is pursuing in battery technology for its vehicles...
- Mark Cuban, Marc Benioff, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi are investing in toilet paper Tue, 22 Sep 20, 10:03pmA slew of big name entrepreneurs and celebrities are really circling the drain with their latest investment. Led by Greycroft Partners, a who’s who of celebrity investors, including Mark Cuban, Marc Benioff, Iron Man...
- Microsoft commits to putting more water than it consumes back into the ecosystems where it operates by 2030 Tue, 22 Sep 20, 2:17amOne good trend in 2020 has been large technology companies almost falling over one another to make ever-bolder commitments regarding their ecological impact...
- LanzaTech is developing a small-scale waste biomass gasifier for ethanol production in India Wed, 16 Sep 20, 2:10amAs part of the continuing global rollout of LanzaTech’s technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions and turn those emissions into fuel and chemicals, the company is rolling out a new small-scale waste biomass gasifier...
- LanzaTech eyes two more spin-off companies Wed, 16 Sep 20, 6:28amJust three months after LanzaTech announced a spin-out aimed at selling sustainable aviation fuel, the company is already preparing for two more. LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren said Tuesday on the Disrupt 2020 virtual stage...
- LanzaTech eyes two more spinoff companies Wed, 16 Sep 20, 6:28amJust three months after LanzaTech announced a spinout aimed at selling sustainable aviation fuel, the company is already preparing for two more. LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren said Tuesday on the Disrupt 2020 virtual stage...
- Microsoft’s Project Natick underwater data center experiment confirms viability of seafloor data storage Tue, 15 Sep 20, 12:37amMicrosoft has concluded a years-long experiment involving use of a shipping container-sized underwater data center, placed on the sea floor off the cost of Scotland’s Orkney Islands...
- Microsoft’s Project Natick underwater datacenter experiment confirms viability of seafloor data storage Tue, 15 Sep 20, 12:37amMicrosoft has concluded a years-long experiment involving use of a shipping container-sized underwater data center, placed on the sea floor off the cost of Scotland’s Orkney Islands...
- Google claims net zero carbon footprint over its entire lifetime, aims to only use carbon-free energy by 2030 Mon, 14 Sep 20, 9:11pmGoogle was at the leading edge of large technology companies seeking to go completely carbon neutral, having declared that status in 2007, and subsequently matching all of its global electricity consumption with renewable...
- Elon Musk says Tesla will ‘one day’ produce ‘super efficient home HVAC’ with HEPA filtering Sat, 12 Sep 20, 2:00amElon Musk has previously touted the ‘Bioweapon Defense Mode’ boasted by Tesla’s vehicles, which are designed to provide excellent air quality inside the car even in the face of disastrous conditions without,...
- Synthetic biology startups are giving investors an appetite Thu, 27 Aug 20, 2:43amThere’s a growing wave of commercial activity from companies that are creating products using new biological engineering technologies. Perhaps the most public (and tastiest) example of the promise biomanufacturing holds...
- Our 12 favorite startups from Y Combinator’s S20 Demo Day: Part 2 Wed, 26 Aug 20, 7:18amFigma for filmmakers, TikTok for English learners and a cryptocurrency twist that actually makes sense? After 197 pitches, Y Combinator’s Demo Day for its Summer 2020 cohort has concluded...
- Self-charging, thousand-year battery startup NDB aces key tests and lands first beta customers Tue, 25 Aug 20, 10:00pmPleasanton-based green energy startup NDB, Inc. has reached a key milestone today with the completion of two proof of concept tests of its nano diamond battery (NDB). One of these tests took place at the Lawrence Livermore...